Baker&#39;s peel



Sept. 7, 1954 J, w, MCDEVITT 2,688,290

BAKERS PEEL I Filed Aug. 27, 1952 FIG. 3 A fl/wwm mm BY ML ATTORNEYSPatented Sept. 7, 1954 UNITED STATES" PATENT OFFICE BAKERS PEEL John W.McDevitt, Davenport, Iowa Application August 27, 1952, Serial No.306,664

The objects of my invention are to furnish for the use of bakers andhousekeepers a convenient,

simple implement for removing hot pies and cakes from an oven and forcooling them without danger of burning a hand or damage to a table,shelf or other support to which they may be removed; to provideconvenient means for cooling hot pies and cakes which will avoid injuryto supporting surfaces.

I accomplish these objects by the means shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan View of my peel with the supporting bar on the leftin open or raised position and with the supporting bar on the right downto act as a leg;

Figure 2 is a front elevation;

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

My peel includes a flat plate A of thin metal or other suitablematerial, with its front edge sharpened and with its lateral edges andpart of its rear edge bent up and then down to form a double flange B atboth sides of the plate A.

A flat metal bar or strip is bent to form a handle I, end bars LI andside bars L2 by which the handle can carry the plate.

The side bars L2 are secured in the double flanges B by a press fit orother suitable means.

A short flat bar 8 is riveted to the strips L! at each side of thehandle. The bar section Ll may be secured to the rear end of the plate Aby clips l and rivets It or other suitable means.

The plate A is provided with a plurality of holes or openings I1arranged in any convenient.

pattern and may be formed with a pressed bead I8 to stiffen it.

A semivcircular pusher 2 is formed of strip material similar to the barI with its ends 2.l recurved backward and fitted loosely at the rear ofthe plate A between the flanges B. To the middl of the pusher 2 a rod 4is fastened by a nut 3 or other suitable means. This rod 4 extendsthrough and is slidable in a bore in the bar 8 and in a sleeve 5 in thehandle, which sleeve is riveted to a short plug 5.I the outer end ofwhich is fastened by a nut l1 threaded thereon. A clip I is fastened tothe rod 4 by which manual movement of the rod along the sleeve may befacilitated.

A helical compression spring 5.2 is mounted upon the rod 4 between thesleeve 5 and the bar 8. One end of this spring bears against the clip 1and one end against the bar 8 so that it acts 2 to return the rod 4 andthe pusher 2 to their rearmost positions when the clip is released.

Side bars l2 are fastened to the lateral'flanges by rivets or bolts l3.These side bars have their ends turned outwardly as at l3.l and providedwith bores in which the rebent ends of rods M are fitted. The rods [4are placed in horizontal position as at the left of Figure 1 or turneddown as at the right of Figure 1 to form legs orsupports to hold theplate A a certain distance above a table or shelf upon which it may beplaced, whereby blistering of the table is avoided and the cooling ofthe pie or cake through the openings I! will be facilitated.

In the use of my peel a pie or cake tin with its contents may be placedon the plate A and projected into an oven by the use of the clip 7 andthe pusher 2. When the baking is finished, the plate A will be insertedunder the pie or cake tin with the pusher in its rearmost position. Thepie or cake can then be carried to its desired resting place anddischarged by the use of the clip I and pusher 2.

In the meantime, the legs [4 may be turned down so as to support theplate A spaced above the table or shelf upon which the lifter with itscontents is rested until it has cooled.

The use of this lifter will avoid danger of the operator's burning hishand or fingers in removing a pie or cake from the oven or carrying itto its place of storage.

Various modifications may be made in the size, shape and material of theparts without departing from the spirit of my invention as expressed inthe claims and I do not limit my claims to the precise forms shown inthe drawings.

I claim:

1. A kitchen utensil including a flat metal plate with its lateral edgesupraised and rebent to form longitudinal double flanges, a metal lifterbar with its outer end portions fitted into the double flanges andintermediate portions bent at right angles to the outer sections andrigidly united to the rear end of said plate and with a middle portionrebent to the rear to form a handle, and supporting bars pivotallyunited to the flanges of the plate whereby they may be held in a commonplane with the plate Or turned downwardly at right angles to formsupporting legs therefor.

2. A kitchen utensil as described in claim 1, and a plurality ofopenings provided in the mid portion of the plate to promote cooling ofits contents.

3. A kitchen utensil as described in claim 1, and a plurality ofopenings provided in the mid portion of the plate to promote cooling ofits contents, with an upwardly projecting bead pressed in the platesurrounding the openings.

4. A kitchen utensil including a flat metal plate with its lateral edgesupraised and rebent to form longitudinal double flanges, a metal lifterbar with its outer end portions fitted into the double flanges andintermediate portions bent at right angles to the outer sections andrigidly united to the rear end of said plate and with a middle portionrebent to the rear to form a ham dle; a sleeve mounted in the handle, arod mounted in the handle and sleeve with one end slidable in the sleeveand its other end slidably mounted in a crossbar, a semi-circular pusherbar extending transversely of the plate and slidable thereon with themiddle of said pusher bar rigidly united to the front end of the rod, amanually operable clip united to the rod, and means mounted upon the rodwith one end bearing against said clip and its opposite end bearingagainst the crossbar whereby the rod and pusher attached thereto will benormally held in their rearmost position and returned thereto whenreleased after being manually operated to move the pusher outwardly.

5. A kitchen utensil including a flat metal plate with its lateral edgesupraised and rehent to form 30 longitudinal double flanges, a metallifter bar with its outer end portions fitted into the double flangesand intermediate portions set at right angles to the outer sections andrigidly united to the rear end of said plate and with a middle portionrebent to the rear to form a handle, and an arcuate pusher bar slidablymounted upon the plate with manually operable means for moving itforwardly to discharge its contents therefrom, said pusher bar havingits outer ends bent rearwardly to contact slidably with the side flangesof the plate.

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